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In an old city of ] 2, ()()() inliabitants, it was 

 foniid that 84 per cent of the business was car- 

 ried on in rented rooms. Tlie trouble in rent- 

 ing farms in the United States lies chiefly in 



Fig. 3. A farmer and a renter. 



the fact that there are no well digested laws 

 or old customs which help to guide the renter 

 and rentee. A few simple laws would provide for 

 adjusting the value of betterments removed from 



